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Perplexity24 days ago

Member of Technical Staff, Software Engineer (Desktop Apps)

hybrid🇺🇸USSan Francisco, USsenior4+ yrs exp

Recruiter Fit Breakdown & Candid Summary

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Perplexity is seeking experienced Generalist Software Engineers for their desktop and Comet application teams. The ideal candidate brings 4+ years of industry experience shipping high-quality nat

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Standard role matching posting requirements.

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Standard role matching posting requirements.

Role Responsibilities

  • 1Work closely with product teams to implement novel mobile and desktop experiences.
  • 2Work closely with design teams to design fast and intuitive UI.
  • 3Utilize Perplexity Computer and other Agentic coding tools to accelerate development.
  • 4Collaborate with data science and machine learning teams to instrument, analyze, and improve the end-to-end experience.
  • 5Work with infrastructure and QA teams on deployment processes, including testing, release, and monitoring.

Skills Matrix

Must-Have Skills

3 required
Native Application Development(native applications)
Software Architecture
Application Performance Optimization(app performance)

Nice-to-Have Skills

5 preferred
Rust
Kotlin
Swift
TypeScript(Typescript)
Chromium
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